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Sunday, 21 May 2017

21st May

This Reed Bunting which we caught in the Magic Garden last
week was already carrying a ring...

John assumed it was one of his own but when he entered the
details it had actually been ringed at Silt Fen Farm in Norfolk, 230 kms away.
A good movement for this species. Perhaps one or two of Norfolk’s rarities can
make the same journey?!

Otherwise it has been a very quiet week for birds so
fortunately insects have stepped in to the breach. These included my first
damselflies of the year, a single Large Red on Wednesday and around 20 of these
Blue-tailed damselflies yesterday…

Three or four Common Carpet moths were in the Magic
Garden today…

Along with this Red-headed Cardinal Beetle…

and this striking hoverfly Heliophilus pendulus (also known as The
Footballer because of its stripy thorax)…

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" Men that undertake only one district are much more likely to advance natural knowledge than those that grasp at more than they can possibly be acquainted with ; every kingdom, every province, should have its own monographer."Gilbert White — The Natural History of Selborne.This blog covers the birds and other wildlife in the parish of Ainderby Steeple, North Yorkshire.